SEX IS ALWAYS A POPULAR SUBJECT..........

BUT  DID  YOU  KNOW  THIS ?

• In Arizona it is illegal for a secretary to be alone with his/her boss.
• In Oklahoma you must be married in order to have sex legally.
• It is illegal to kiss for more that 5 minutes in Iowa.
• In Indiana it is illegal to be in a state of sexual arouse in public.
• Talking "dirty" during sex is illegal in Oregon.
• Pornography is Greek for "the writings of prostitutes."

CAN YOU READ A BAR CODE ?

With food products available from all over the world, it might be important to keep a watchful eye on what you are buying......especially if what you are buying is not home grown here in America.  Many products and their packaging don't reflect where they are made, but rather they indicate where the distributor is located.  It's important to read the bar code to track the product's origin.

In fact there are some countries that deliberately do not say they are the source of a product because they know consumer preference would be otherwise.  However a bar code is the sure tell sign of the origin of anything and everything you put in your food basket.

If the first three (3) digits of the bar code are:
               690-692...................the product is made in China
               00-09.......................the product is made in the USA and Canada
               30-37.......................the product is made in France
               40-44.......................the product is made in Germany
               47.............................the product is made in Taiwan
               49.............................the product is made in Japan
               50.............................the product is made in the UK

Just refer to these numbers when examining your packages and you can be certain of what you are buying.

PLAYING POSSUM ?

A large American possum plays dead when it is attacked.  It lies still with its mouth open and eyes staring.  If the enemy goes away, it takes a quick look around and comes back to life.

WHO KNEW OCTOBER WAS SO POPULAR ?

Adopt a Shelter Dog Month
American Pharmacist Month
Apple Jack Month
Awareness Month
Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Clergy Appreciation Month
Computer Learning Month
Cookie Month
Domestic Violence Awareness Month
Eat Country Ham Month
International Drum Month
Lupus Awareness Month
National Diabetes Month
National Pizza Month
National Vegetarian Month
National Popcorn Popping Month
Sarcastic Month
Seafood Month

HOW LUCKY ARE YOU ?

      Well, it depends on where you are.
       A black cat is unlucky in America but lucky in Britain.

                 So  where  are  you ?

NOW YOU KNOW

• On Oct. 1, 1940,  the first sectionof the Pennsylvania Turnpike, 160 miles in length, was opened to the public.
• On Oct. 3, 1990, West Germany and East Germany ended 45 years of postwar division, declaring the creation of a reunified country.
• On Oct. 4, 1957, the Space Age began as the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite, into orbit.
• On Oct. 5, 1988, Democrat Lloyd Bentsen lambasted Republican Dan Quayle during their vice-presidental debate, telling Quayle, "Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy".
• On Oct. 6, 1683, 13 families from Krefeld, Germany, arrived in Philadelphia to begin Germantown, one of America's oldest settlements.
• On Oct. 7, 1910, a major wildfire devastated the northern Minnesota towns of Spooner and Baudette, charring at least 300,000 acres.  Some 40 people are belived to have died.
• On Oct. 8, 1956, Don Larsen pitched the only perfect gamein a World Series to date as the New York Yankees beat the Brooklyn Dodgers in game 5, 2-0.  Phillies pitcher Roy Halladay's no-hitter Wedensday missed being a perfect game by giving up a walk in the fifth inning.
• On Oct. 10, 1913, the Panama Canal was completed as President Woodrow Wilson sent a signal from the White House by telegraph, setting off explosives that destroyed a section of the Gamboa dike.
• On Oct. 11, 1779, Polish nobleman Casimir Pulaski, fighting for American independence, died two days after being mortally wounded during the Revolutionary War Battle of Savannah, Ga.
• On Oct. 12, 1492, (according to the Old Style calendar), Christopher Columbus arrived with his expedition in the present-day Bahamas.
• On Oct. 13, 1775, the United States Navy had its origins as the Continental Congress ordered the construction of a naval fleet.
• On Oct. 14, 1960, the idea of a Peace Corps was suggested by Democratic presidental candidate John F. Kennedy to an audience of students at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.
• On Oct. 17, 1807, Britian declared it would continue to reclaim British-born sailors from American ships and ports regardless of whether they held U.S. citizenship.
• On Oct. 18, 1892, the first long-distance telephone line between New York and Chicago was officially opened (it could only handle one call at a time).
• On Oct. 19, 2010, five years today, a defiant Saddam Hussein pleaded innocent to charges of premeditated murder and torture as his trial opened in Baghdad.
• On Oct. 20, 1803, the U.S. Senate ratified the Louisiana Purchase.
• On Oct. 25, 1910, "America the Beautiful", with words by Katherine Lee Bates and music by Samuel A. Ward, was first published.
• On Oct. 27, 1938, Du Pont announced a name for its new synthetic yarn: "nylon".
• On Oct. 29, 1929, Wall Street crashed on "Black Tuesday", heralding the beginning of America's Great Depression.

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Faster  Learner
A baby caribou can outrun its mother at three days old.

Quotable
by Indira Gandhi, former prime minister of India (1917-1984)
"Anger is never without an argument, but seldom with a good one."

Strange But True
A venus flytrap can eat a whole cheeseburger.

Point of Distinction
More than half of the world's geysers are found in Yellowstone National Park.

States Stats
Jousting is the official sport of Maryland.

Table Tidbits
Potatoes have more chromosomes than humans.

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Back  Then
In Ancient Greece, throwing an apple to a woman was considered a marriage proposal.

Quotable
by Eleanor Roosevelt, former first lady (1884-1962)
"When will our conscience grow so tender that we will act to prevent human misery rather than avenge it?"

Still  on the Books
In Texas, it is illegal to take more than three sips of beer at a time while standing.

Table  Tidbits
A pineapple is neither an apple nor a pine.  It is, in fact, a large berry.

Small  Wonder
The bumblebee bat is the smallest mammal on Earth.  It weighs less than a penny.

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In Other Worlds
"Knock-a-dolly" is a Halloween trick played in Ireland, where the holiday originated, in which children knock on the doors of their neighbors, but run away before the door is opened.

Quotable
by Voltaire, French writer and philosopher (1694-1778)
"Appreciation is a wonderful thing.  It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well."

Spooky  Spending
Americans spend an estimated $6.9 billion annually on Halloween, making it the country's second-largest commerical holiday.

States  Stats
Oregon has more ghost towns than any other U.S. state.

On  Record
The largest pumpkin ever grown was 1,689 pounds.  It was grown by Joe Jutras of North Scituate, R.I.

Back  Then
Early Halloween celebrations in America included public events held to celebrate the harvast, where neighbors would share stories of the dead, tell each other's fortunes, dance and sing.

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Flying  High
At 5 feet, the whooping crane is the tallest bird in North America.

Terms  of  the  Trade
The side of a hammer is called a cheek.

Quotable
by Isaac Bashevis Singer, Nobel Prize-winning author (1902-1991)
"If you keep on saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of being a prophet".

So  Named
The lollipop was named after Lolly Pop, one of the most famous horses in the early 1900s.

Still  on  the  Books
In Oklahoma, it is illegal to have the hind legs of farm animals in your boots.

Famous  Firsts
The peach was the first fruit to be eaten on the moon.